"Golden Buddha (statue) The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwana Patimakon (), is a gold statue, with a weight of 5.5 tons (5,500 kilograms). It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history the statue was covered with a layer of stucco and coloured glass to conceal its true value, and it remained in this condition for almost 200 years, ending up at what was then a pagoda of minor significance. During relocation of the statue in 1955, the plaster was chipped off and the gold revealed. The origins of"
"holding company. Celebration Mickey Celebration Mickey is a , , 24-karat-gold authentic Mickey Mouse sculpture. It is the largest gold sculpture ever cast in the history of the Disney Company. Designed by Disney artist Marc Delle, the sculpture was produced in 2001 by the Great Western Mint in Orem, Utah to commemorate Walt Disney's 100th birthday. Originally cast from 3,000 troy ounces of 24-karat gold, the sculpture, in its finished form, contains 1,501 troy ounces. Celebration Mickey is certified to be an authentic, one-of-a-kind piece by Disneyland Resort. It is signed with the Disney Corporate Trademark on the side of"
"The Golden Eagle The Golden Eagle or The Maltese Eagle is a solid gold statue of an eagle, which is thought to be the largest solid gold and diamond encrusted statue created. An appraisal by ""GLS GEMLAB Ltd"", Abbotsford, BC puts the replacement value at $4,110,450. The current market value is put at $6 million. ""The Golden Eagle"" was originally created as the theme for the book ""The World's Greatest Treasure Hunt: Quest for the Golden Eagle"", a work by Ron Shore to help raise $25 million to fund research for the prevention, early detection and cure for breast cancer."
"Celebration Mickey Celebration Mickey is a , , 24-karat-gold authentic Mickey Mouse sculpture. It is the largest gold sculpture ever cast in the history of the Disney Company. Designed by Disney artist Marc Delle, the sculpture was produced in 2001 by the Great Western Mint in Orem, Utah to commemorate Walt Disney's 100th birthday. Originally cast from 3,000 troy ounces of 24-karat gold, the sculpture, in its finished form, contains 1,501 troy ounces. Celebration Mickey is certified to be an authentic, one-of-a-kind piece by Disneyland Resort. It is signed with the Disney Corporate Trademark on the side of Mickey's right"
"Peter the Great Statue The Peter the Great Statue is a monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and is the eighth-tallest statue in the world. It weighs around 1,000 tons and contains 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper. Since its inception, the statue has courted controversy. In November 2008, it was voted the tenth ugliest"
"Golden Driller The Golden Driller is a , statue of an oil worker, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the sixth-tallest statue in the United States. It was originally built in 1952 by the Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth for the International Petroleum Exposition. Six years later, it was temporarily erected again for the 1959 show. Due to the positive attention it attracted, the company donated the statue to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority which had it anatomically redesigned and permanently installed in front of the Tulsa Expo Center for the 1966 International Petroleum Exposition. The statue's right hand"
"Bronze Horseman The Bronze Horseman (, literally ""copper horseman"") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. The name comes from an 1833 poem of the same name by Aleksander Pushkin, which is widely considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature. The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg. The statue's pedestal is the enormous Thunder Stone, the largest stone ever moved by humans. The stone originally weighed about 1500 tonnes,"
"thousands of years ago to create some of the most famous metal statues of antiquity. It is formed of solid 18 carat gold and even though it is hollow inside, it weighs 6,175 grams. It is 36,8 centimetres tall with a base diameter of 13 centimetres. The base is composed of two green malachite bands while the inner and underneath sections are inscribed with the names of the teams that have won the World Cup since 1974. The contrasting panels are each inscribed with the language of the relative nation. This Cup, contrary to the Rimet Cup, will never be"
"""quirkiest destination"" in the United States, winning its nominator a $90,000 international vacation for two. Golden Driller The Golden Driller is a , statue of an oil worker, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the sixth-tallest statue in the United States. It was originally built in 1952 by the Mid-Continent Supply Company of Fort Worth for the International Petroleum Exposition. Six years later, it was temporarily erected again for the 1959 show. Due to the positive attention it attracted, the company donated the statue to the Tulsa County Fairgrounds Trust Authority which had it anatomically redesigned and permanently installed in front"
"The sculpture shows Moss in a yoga position with her ankles and arms wrapped behind her ears. This body of work culminated in an exhibition at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York in May 2007. The sculpture is on permanent display in Folketeatret in Oslo, Norway. In August 2008, Quinn unveiled another sculpture of Kate Moss in solid 18-carat gold called ""Siren"", which was exhibited at the British Museum in London. The life-size sculpture was promoted as ""the largest gold statue since ancient Egypt"". In May 2010, Quinn revealed a series of new sculptures at London's White Cube gallery"
"the cover of Bryan Ferry's album ""Olympia"". The National Portrait Gallery, London maintains seven portraits of Moss among its collections, shot by photographers including Mario Testino, Corinne Day and Sølve Sundsbø. A £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of Moss in 2008 was part of a British Museum exhibition. Entitled ""Siren"", the hollow statue was made by Marc Quinn, who described Moss as ""the ideal beauty of the moment"". The statue is said to be the largest gold statue to be created since the era of Ancient Egypt. Quinn had previously unveiled a painted-bronze, life-size sculpture of Moss in a"
"Golden Hall The Golden Hall (Jindian or Jinding), situated at the top of Tianzhu Peak (1612m), is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Wudangshan. It was built in 1416 during the Ming dynasty. According to local histories, the hall was forged in Beijing, then carried to Wudangshan. The Golden Hall is one part of the Supreme Harmony Temple (Taihe Palace). Built entirely of gilded copper (an incredible 20 tons of fine copper, and 300 kilograms of gold), the hall is one of the biggest gilded copper temples in China. The Golden Hall contains a bronze statue of Zhen Wu,"
"individual or the portrayal of general figures, notably the American cowboy or Native Americans. Such monuments can be found throughout the American Southwest. The monument to general Jose Gervasio Artigas in Minas, Uruguay (18 meters tall, 9 meters long, 150,000 kg) was the world's largest equestrian statue until 2009. The current largest is the 40 meters tall Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue at Tsonjin Boldog, 54 km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the legendary location where Genghis Khan found the golden whip. The world's largest equestrian sculpture, when completed, will be the Crazy Horse Memorial, in South Dakota, USA at a planned 641"
"the Gold Buddha. The building also contains the Bangkok Chinatown Heritage Centre, and an exhibition on the origin of the Gold Buddha. The statue is tall and weighs . (According to another account, the statue measures 3.91 meters from base to top, and 3.10 meters across the lap from knee to knee.) It can be disassembled into nine pieces. The statue was housed in a wat in Ayutthaya until the mid 19th century, and its provenance from Ayutthaya excludes the possibility of it having been made after about 1750. At US$1,400 per troy ounce, the gold in the statue (18"
"Vulcan statue The ""Vulcan"" statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. The statue is the world's largest iron-ore statue, and among the nation's tallest. Commissioned by the Commercial Club of Birmingham, Italian-born sculptor Giuseppe Moretti began designing the monumental figure in 1903, using a tall model to study"
"Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 78) The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of Maitreya seated in meditation and is one of the best known and most highly regarded Korean Buddhist sculptures. Now part of the collection of the National Museum of Korea, it was designated as the 78th national treasure of Korea. The statue is 83.2 centimeters in height. It was cast from bronze and gilded, probably in the middle or late 6th century. The bronze is less than one centimeter in thickness (and as thin as 2 mm) which attests to the skills of"
"Ironstone's Crown Jewel Ironstone’s Crown Jewel is the world’s largest piece of crystalline gold. At 44 lbs troy (16.4 kg), it is substantially larger than the Fricot ""Nugget"" (13.8 lb troy; 5.15 kg) and the Whopper (11.7 lb troy; 4.37 kg), the next two largest specimens. Gold found in California is often in quartz, which is typically a hard rock, mined in vertical or horizontal shafts. This contrasts with placer (loose gold, often nuggets) and fine gold that has been recovered by hydraulic mining. The gold specimen was unearthed at the Sonora Mining Corporation mine in Jamestown, California on December"
"Equestrian statue of King Chulalongkorn Equestrian statue of Chulalongkorn the Great is an outdoor sculpture in cast bronze at the center of the Royal Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, honoring King Chulalongkorn. It was erected on 11 November 1908 to commemorate his 40th anniversary of his accession to the throne, the longest-reigning monarch in Siamese history at that time. The statue is cast in bronze. It is 5 meters in height and weighs 6 tons. It is attached to a 25-centimeter thick bronze base on top of a 2-meter-wide, 5-meter-long and 6-meter-tall marble pedestal. The statue itself depicts Chulalongkorn in military"
"5 October 2014 Venue: Thien Vien Minh Dang Quang, Telford, Pennsylvania 9 October – 9 November 2014 Venue: Trung Tam Phat Giao Hue Quang, Braintree, Massachusetts Jade Buddha for Universal Peace The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is a jade statue of the Gautama Buddha sourced from northern Canada in 2000 and later carved by Thai artisans. It is made of polar jade, which is a kind of Nephrite. It stands 2.7 meters high, sitting on a solid alabaster throne of 1.4 meters high, and is valued at more than A$25 million. This four-tonne statue was created for the Great"
"by a plaque with Veda Ponikvar's ""The Emergence of Man Through Steel"" poem and was completed in 1987 out of iron ore. The statue, located on US 41, is the third largest Metal statue in the United States (behind the Statue of Liberty and Our Lady of the Rockies). The sculpture weighs (the shovel weighs and each boot weighs ); the base is constructed of Corten steel, which turns red with exposure. The commemorative shrine for Bishop Frederic Baraga, the legendary “Snowshoe Priest"", was built after organizing efforts in 1969 by residents of Baraga County and county clerk, author, and"
"and is said to be the second largest concrete monolithic statue in the world (after ""Christ the Redeemer"" in Rio de Janeiro). It wears a long blanket and stares across the river with folded arms. With the help of John G. Prasuhn, the young sculptor of the Chicago Art Institute, Lorado Taft created a figure almost 50 feet tall, including a six-foot base. Reinforced with iron rods, the hollow statue is eight inches to three feet thick. The interior is accessible through a door at the base, although visitors are currently not allowed inside the statue. The outer surface composed"
"Jade Buddha for Universal Peace The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is a jade statue of the Gautama Buddha sourced from northern Canada in 2000 and later carved by Thai artisans. It is made of polar jade, which is a kind of Nephrite. It stands 2.7 meters high, sitting on a solid alabaster throne of 1.4 meters high, and is valued at more than A$25 million. This four-tonne statue was created for the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Victoria in Australia and was consecrated by the Dalai Lama. Its model is the Buddha statue of the Mahabodhi Temple"
"for skateboarders. Stalin Monument (Prague) Stalin's Monument was a granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It was unveiled on 1 May 1955 after more than 5½ years of work, and was the world's largest representation of Stalin. The sculpture was demolished in 1962. The monument was located on a huge concrete pedestal, which can still be visited in Letná Park. It was the largest group statue in Europe, measuring high and long. The sculptor was Otakar Švec, who killed himself a few days before the unveiling. The process of de-Stalinization began shortly after the unveiling of the monument."
"Bell of Good Luck The Bell of Good Luck () is a large bell located in Foquan Temple (佛泉寺) in Pingdingshan, Henan, China. It is close to the Spring Temple Buddha, the world's tallest Buddha statue. The bell weighs 116 metric tons, and is 8.108 metres in height and 5.118 metres in diameter at its widest point. The Bell of Good Luck therefore, at the time of its construction, claimed the title of heaviest functioning bell in the world. The bell was cast in December 2000 and first rung at midnight on New Year's Eve the same month. The bell's"
"Golden (sculpture) Golden is a modern art sculpture installed in the Chatterley Valley, on the outskirts of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent in May 2015. The £180,000 artwork is installed on the site of the former Goldendale Ironworks and was designed by the award-winning public art sculptor Wolfgang Buttress, who designed the ""Rise"" sculpture in Belfast. It is one of the tallest public art sculptures in Britain. The site was previously occupied by the Potteries Pyramid, which has been erroneously placed there since 2007. The sculpture was privately funded using £180,000 of Section 106 monies set aside to provide new public art or"
"Birth of the New World The Birth of the New World (colloquially known as La Estatua de Colón, literally meaning ""The Statue of Columbus"") is a bronze sculpture located on the Atlantic coastline of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. When completed in 2016, it became the tallest sculpture in North America, surpassing Mexico's Guerrero Chimalli, which measures including its base. Originally conceived by Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli as a monument to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, ""Birth of the New World"" was constructed in 1991. The statue prominently depicts Columbus controlling an anachronistic depiction of a steering wheel,"
"on 26 February. As she weighs 55 kg, the gold is estimated to be Rs. 4.5 crores and this money will be deposited in a bank and interest from it will be used for charity work. Shivagiri Lord Shiva Statue is an 85 feet tall statue of Lord Shiva that has been installed by the T.K. Patil Banakatti Charitable Trust in Vijayapura (Bijapur) on Sindagi Road. It is slowly making as a pilgrimage location. 1,500 tonnes statue of Lord Shiva is considered as the second largest statue of Lord Shiva in India and was prepared by sculptors from Shimoga for"
"Golden Boy (Manitoba) The Golden Boy (official name Eternal Youth) is a statue perched facing North on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and it is arguably Manitoba's best known symbol. it stands 5.25 metres (17.2 feet) tall from the toe to the top of the torch and 4.27 metres (14 feet) from head to toe. It weighs 1650 kg (3,640 lb), and the top of his torch is 77 metres (250 feet) above ground. The statue was purchased by the Manitoba Government from France. It was sculpted by Georges Gardet of Paris in 1918,"
"pose. Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83) The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of what is believed to be the Maitreya, the future Buddha, in a semi-seated contemplative pose. It is commonly referred to as the Contemplative Bodhisattva, Pensive Bodhisattva, or Gilt-Bronze Seated Maitreya in English. In Korean it is frequently referred to as pan'gasayusang. It is the National Treasure of Korea No. 83. The statue is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest Buddhist sculptures ever produced and is a masterpiece of Korean art. It is now housed at the National Museum of"
"submissions were received from sculptors in seven countries. Italian artist Silvio Gazzaniga was awarded the commission. The trophy stands tall and is made of of 18 carat (75%) gold, worth approximately US$161,000 in 2018, with a base in diameter containing two layers of malachite. It has been asserted by Sir Martyn Poliakoff of ""Periodic Videos"" that the trophy is hollow; if, as is claimed, it were solid, the trophy would weigh and would be too heavy to lift. Produced by ""Bertoni, Milano"" in Paderno Dugnano, it weighs in total and depicts two human figures holding up the Earth. Gazzaniga described"
"shoulder section is adorned with 36 lotus petal patterns. Bell of Good Luck The Bell of Good Luck () is a large bell located in Foquan Temple (佛泉寺) in Pingdingshan, Henan, China. It is close to the Spring Temple Buddha, the world's tallest Buddha statue. The bell weighs 116 metric tons, and is 8.108 metres in height and 5.118 metres in diameter at its widest point. The Bell of Good Luck therefore, at the time of its construction, claimed the title of heaviest functioning bell in the world. The bell was cast in December 2000 and first rung at midnight"
"Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 83) The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of what is believed to be the Maitreya, the future Buddha, in a semi-seated contemplative pose. It is commonly referred to as the Contemplative Bodhisattva, Pensive Bodhisattva, or Gilt-Bronze Seated Maitreya in English. In Korean it is frequently referred to as pan'gasayusang. It is the National Treasure of Korea No. 83. The statue is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest Buddhist sculptures ever produced and is a masterpiece of Korean art. It is now housed at the National Museum of Korea"
"away guests. The statue weighs 50 tons, and at tall, on a 25-foot pedestal, is the largest bronze statue in the U.S. When the MGM Grand opened, the intention was to create the first true destination hotel in the Las Vegas area by including the MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park behind the casino. The plan was to make the Las Vegas Strip more family friendly by providing activities for those too young to linger inside the casino. The theme park performed poorly and did not reopen for the 2001 season. On December 5, 2002, MGM Resorts International (then named MGM"